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Jonathan R. Howard v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 23-10920 · judgment April 29, 2025
Certiorari denied · January 20, 2026
Question presented
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment as applied to a defendant whose most serious prior felony conviction is drug trafficking?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Kevin Joel Page
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 6 conferences
Order
Order list, January 20, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jan 20 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jan 12 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
- Jan 05 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 08 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
- Dec 01 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
- Nov 05 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
- Nov 03 2025Reply of petitioner Jonathan Howard filed.
- Oct 20 2025Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Sep 12 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 20, 2025.
- Sep 11 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 18, 2025 to October 20, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Aug 19 2025Response Requested. (Due September 18, 2025)
- Aug 07 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 04 2025Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
- Jul 25 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 28, 2025)